Category Archives: Jason Roy

New format that offers a way in to cricket for our youngsters

Posted on July 27, 2021 by insidecroydon

For DAVID MORGAN, his first Hundred cricket match struck a chord I went to a cricket match at The Oval on Thursday. It wasn’t the first time I had been to a game there, but it was the first time … Continue reading →

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Burns’s Ashes century fires up Whitgift’s sporting credentials

Posted on August 3, 2019 by insidecroydon

When Rory Burns left the field in Birmingham yesterday evening, his bat raised in acknowledgement of the standing ovation from the Edgbaston pavilion, after he had batted all day to remain unbeaten and unbowed on 125, with the crowd chanting … Continue reading →

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Butcher: England should put their ‘batting brute’ Roy in at No3

Posted on July 10, 2019 by insidecroydon

Surrey’s Jason Roy should be in the England Test team’s top order for the Ashes series and has a hugely important role in tomorrow’s World Cup semi-final against Australia. That’s the view of Mark Butcher, the former Surrey and England … Continue reading →

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Flipping Norah: Batty’s new tricks make a difference, even at 38

Posted on September 16, 2016 by insidecroydon

HOOK SHOT: Ahead of Surrey’s one-day final showdown at Lord’s tomorrow, MARCUS HOOK interviews the skipper about the season and his recall to the England Test squad Surrey are back at Lord’s tomorrow for the final of the Royal London … Continue reading →

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Surrey’s survival guide for the last eight weeks of the season

Posted on August 5, 2016 by insidecroydon

HOOK SHOT: Victory over Hampshire in their last game lifted Surrey out of the Championship relegation zone for the first time since the start of the season. MARCUS HOOK outlines what they need to do over the next two months … Continue reading →

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Di Venuto will hit ground running as Surrey’s new coach

Posted on February 26, 2016 by insidecroydon

When Jason Roy, the Old Whitgiftian, returns from England duty in South Africa for pre-season training at The Oval, he’ll walk into a dressing room to discover a new Surrey club coach. Another one. Michael Di Venuto’s arrival in south … Continue reading →

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Surrey’s going round in circles over captaincy at The Oval

Posted on September 29, 2014 by insidecroydon

JASON COURT wraps up the county cricket season by posing the question: who will be Surrey captain in 2015? At the start of the season, I suggested a good run in the T20 would be possible, but promotion first year … Continue reading →

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Surrey end summer pot-less, despite Roy’s batting power

Posted on September 14, 2014 by insidecroydon

So near, yet so far. Surrey’s last, albeit outside, chance of success this summer – promotion back to the first division of the County Championship – somehow slipped through their batting-gloved fingers on Friday at New Road Worcester, when from … Continue reading →

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